May 24

May 24, 2018 5:26 am

Shahkot – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday condemned the Congress government for stopping free college education facility for scheduled caste students even as he disclosed that the SAD-BJP government had spent Rs 1,600 crore for this purpose. Addressing rallies at Gatti Peer Bakhsh, Kakar Kalan, Raiwal Bet, Sindhar, Turna, Mureedwal and

May 24, 2018 5:22 am

New Delhi – India ranks 145th among 195 countries in terms of quality and accessibility of healthcare, behind its neighbours like China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan, according to a Lancet study. The Global Burden of Disease study, however, mentioned that India has seen improvements in healthcare access and quality since 1990.In 2016, India’s healthcare access

May 24, 2018 5:19 am

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter Shweta Bachchan-Nanda took an auto-rickshaw ride to go for work. “I travel today for the work in the greatly in demand and preferred mode of travel, the auto, the auto rickshaw… The auto, the rick call it what you may,” Big B wrote on his blog. “How on earth did this word

May 24, 2018 5:16 am

Chandigarh(Narinder Jagga): It seems the Punjab Government is not serious in the matter of Agriculture. For the last one year, it could not start process to make its own Crop Insurance Policy. The State has already rejected the Crop Insurance plan, made by Government of India. An official of the Agriculture Department said the Punjab

May 24, 2018 5:14 am

Chandigarh(Narinder Jagga): The Punjab Pollution Control Board has found the Chadha Sugar Mill guilty in molasses leak case. Sources told that neither the mill had any approval to store molasses nor the tanks had the capacity to store the huge quantity of molasses. Approximately 70,000 quintal molasses have leaked from the storage tanks, which were

May 24, 2018 5:12 am

Ludhiana(DP Correspondent) – Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) leader Jasdeep Singh kala Ghawaddi and seven others were booked by Dehlon Police as the accused created ruckus at Guru Nanak College of nursing. The Police have registered case against accused following the complaint of member of college management. The Police have slapped sections 452 (Trespassing), 354 (Assault or

May 23, 2018 4:53 pm

Kumaraswamy takes oath as Karnataka CM. Janata Dal-Secular leader H.D. Kuamaraswamy on Wednesday took oath as Karnataka’s 25th Chief Minister, heading a coalition government with the Congress. G.S. Parameshwara of the Congress was sworn in as the Deputy Chief

May 23, 2018 4:30 pm

Sidharth Malhotra urges Modi to strengthen animal protection laws. Bollywood actor Sidharth Malhotra has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on behalf of of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, requesting stronger penalties for people who commit acts of cruelty against animals. Sidharth pointed out that India’s Prevention of Cruelty

May 23, 2018 3:25 pm

Kannada actress Radhika, the ‘wife’ of HD Kumar : After the dramatic political tussle in Karnataka, it was announced that HD Kumaraswamy will be sworn in as the chief minister of the state. It is natural to expect his name to be trending on all social-media platforms. But, interestingly, it was not HD Kumaraswamy, who

May 23, 2018 2:41 pm

The 2018 Hyundai Creta facelift goes on sale in the country three years after the introduction of the pre-facelift model in July 2015. The base E petrol variant of the updated Creta is priced at Rs 9.43 lakh, while the range-topping diesel variant retails at Rs 15.03 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). Prices Analysis The prices of

May 23, 2018 12:42 pm

World needs to care for Rohingya refugees: Priyanka Chopra. Actress Priyanka Chopra, who is also the global UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights, on Tuesday urged her fans and followers to care for and support the Rohingya refugees. Priyanka, who is on a field visit in Dhaka, on Monday visited Cox’s Bazaar, one of the

May 23, 2018 11:25 am

Water in Canals clear, but Govt. not clears on FIR against sugar mill. The Punjab Government has claimed that all the canals, which were affected due to molasses of Kiri Afgana Sugar Mill, have been cleared. In the words of Environment Minister OP Soni, the fishes are moving the same as before. But irritated about

May 23, 2018 11:18 am

Mercedes-AMG has launched two limited edition models of the GLE 43 4MATIC and the SLC 43 in India. Called ‘OrangeArt’ and ‘RedArt’ respectively, these limited editions feature distinctive aesthetic updates which lend the performance cars a more aggressive and sporty look. Where the GLE 43 4MATIC OrangeArt is priced from Rs 1.02 crore, the SLC 45 RedArt gets a price

May 23, 2018 11:08 am

The Honda Accord nameplate made a comeback in India in 2016 but with a heavy asking price which was further inflated with increased taxes on hybrids post the GST rollout. The ninth-gen Accord now retails at a staggering Rs 43.21 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi), which makes it more expensive than the base BMW 3 Series and Audi A4!

May 23, 2018 10:58 am

Punjab Govt. to again pass bill to regularise Contractual employees. To regularise the 27,000 contractual employees, the Punjab Government to amend act or will bring new bill in this regard. Such act, The Punjab Adhoc, contractual, Daily wage, Temporary, Work charged an outsourced Employees’ welfare bill, 2016 was passed in Special Session on December 2016,

May 23, 2018 10:29 am

Meet Gobind Singh Deo, The First Sikh Cabinet Minister Of Malaysia. Gobind Singh Deo, an Indian-origin Sikh politician in Malaysia was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister in the Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed led-government on Monday. With this, Deo became the first member of the minority community in the country’s history to be appointed as

May 23, 2018 9:53 am

CSK beat SRH by 2 wickets to book record 7th Final appearance. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) booked their place in the Indian Premier League (IPL) final for the seventh time on Tuesday as they narrowly defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by two wickets. The CSK batting order had collapsed initially, as a spectacular SRH bowling attack;